Rubber time stamp and dater



June 3, 1 930. G..A. PICK'UP- 1,762,027

RUBBER TIME STAMP AND DATER Filed June 27, 1927 2' Sheets-Sheet 1 I A? bmumu 11' um .A TpRNEY June 3, 1930. I G. A. PICKUP 1,762,027

RUBBER TIME SVTAMP AND ISATER File d June '27, 1927 i 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR BY 2 52W, O

ATTt JRNEY NITNESS%4W Patented June 3, 1 930 UNITED STATES Mum OFFICEGEORGE A. PICKUP, E EASTNASHVILLE, TENNESSEE RUBBER TIME S AMP AND DATER71' Application filedJune 27,

' This invention relates to printing, and its general'object is toprovide-astamp that is capable of stamping the date and tune and isadjustable for that purpose in an. easy and expeditious manner withv'erylittle effort, yet will remain in its set position until manuallychanged. r

The principal object of the invention is to provide a stamp of thechangeable type as set forth, that is composed of rubber in all5-co1nr1binaticn and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings andspecifically pointed out in the appended time ring is similarwith-the'exception of claim.

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which: v

Figure l is a front elevation of the stamp forming the subject matter ofthe present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view showing the application of the time ring andthe indicating finger thereof.- a

Figure 3 is' a bottom plan view of the stamp as shown'in Figure2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on'line 4--4 of Figure l. v

Figure 5 is a top plan view showing the application of the date ring.

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view of the stamp as shown in Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail the 50 reference numeral 1 indicatesthe body of 1927. Serial No. 201,843.

the stamp which is formed from. rubber and is provided with a recess 2which in reality makes the body substantially hollow asbest'shown in'Figure 4 of thedrawings. Rising centrally from thetop-of said body is aprojection?) provided with a bore which registers with and forms acontinuation of a bore extending through the body and tenni nating inthe recess-2 and for distinction the bores as above set forth areindicated by the reference numeral't.

. The recess-2 is enlarged at its lower end;

to provide an annular shoulder 5 and .disposed in the enlarged portionof the recess 2 and engaging the shoulder 5 .is a disk 6 arranged aboutits bottom portion as shown. The d1sk 1s fixed 1n the recess and theflange 7 thereof is disposed in engagement with a. 6

ring whichfis shouldered to secure said disk to the body and is mountedfor rotation on thedisk and said ring is formedwith an annular recesshaving a fiat bottom wall 9 and downwardly tapered upper wall 10 so] asto accommodate a like shape flange 11 formed on the body as best shownin Figure 4c of the drawings.

The construction ofthe datingring and course that the date ring isprovided with numerals indicating the days of the month and which asshown in Figures 5 and 6 are disposed upon the upper and lower sur andcan be associated withthe flange 11 at" the will of'the'operatojr, andwhen disposed in the operative position as shown'in Figure I l, it willbe apparent that upon-rotating the rings that the disk 6 will remainstationary and due to the engagement. of the disk 6 with the rings, it"will'retain the rings in their adjusted positions. The numerals" formedon the upper surface of the ring are arranged on a raised portion 12 andcooperating with these last mentioned numerals is a finger 13 which isintegrally formedwith- IUD e5 which is provided with an annular flange7* I Y the body 1 and projects therefrom in a manner to overlie thefigures in the rotation of the rings, so that the stamp can be setwithout referring to the stamping surface there- The numerals formed onthe bottom of the rings are disposed upon the surface of a dependingportion 14 and extending outwardly from the raised portion 12 anddepending portion 14 is a ribbed flange 15 which provides a grippingsurface so that the stamp can be set with very little effort on the partof the operator.

The disk 6 may be provided with any words desired, but in the presentinstance the word Received is formed on the bot tom surface of the disktogether with a pointer which is indicated by the reference numeral 16.The pointer cooperates with thenumerals on the lower face of the ringsand is of course aligned with the finger 13 for the obvious purpose'ofpointing to the number set on the stamp. The disk 6 is also providedwith a groove 17 which may receive rubber type bearing legends P. M. orA. M. when the ring bearing the time numerals is associated with thebody, but

of course when the ring bearing thenumerals of the month is arranged onthe body, the slot 17 is adapted to have arranged thereintype which bearthe name of the monthandthe year.

The upper surface of thebody 1 is slightly raised and this raisedportion is provided with a fiat upper surface which surrounds theprojection 3 and is adapted to accommodate the lower surface of thehandle 18 which is formed from wood and includes a recess to receive theprojection 3, and the handle is secured to the body through the'instrumentality of a screw 19 passing through the bores at and embeddedin the handle as best shown in Figure l of the drawings. The screw 19 isof the usual kerfed head variety and is provided with a washer 20 sothat the head will not damage the body 1 in fixing the same to thehandle. From the above description and disclosure of the drawings, itwill be obvious that l the stamp which forms the subject matter of thepresent invention is extremely simple in'construction, and is adjustableand interchangeable so that it is capable of stampmg the t me and datein a clear manner notwithstanding the faot that the stamp ineludes awooden handle which of course adds to its strength and makes the samesubstantially rigid whereby it can be easily handled and prolongs thelife of the stamp as will be readily apparent.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim;

What I claim is:

A time and dating stamp of the character described comprising a hollowrubber body,

a flange formed on said body at its lower end, a substantially rigidhandle secured to said body at its upper end, rubber rings, one

GEORGE a. Pick-UP.

